Rudese Hooper was sworn in to the Gillsville City Council at the March 6 meeting.

Hooper fills the vacant seat previously held by Richard Ferguson.

In other business at the monthly meeting:

•Mayor Larry Poole reported that the renters of the two city-owned buildings are working through parking issues at the rear of the buildings. Poole said the council would probably be asked to rezone the property or issue a variance on it. Councilman Roy Turpin said the owner of Jeannie’s Restaurant, one of the businesses in the city’s downtown buildings, wants to have the property at the rear of the buildings rezoned. Councilman Keith Segars said, “Don’t’ we have a zoning board to take a look at this?” The council agreed there was a zoning board, but they couldn’t remember who was on such board. Poole said the city and the business owner would have to come to terms on the amount to lease the property for parking. “The first figure that was thrown out, there was no way we could commit the city to that,” Poole said. Poole advised the council that he would check the minutes of the council meetings to see who is on the city’s zoning board.

•Segars advised the council that he had ordered a ton of fertilizer to spread on the ball fields over the weekend.

•Poole advised the council that he had spoken with people from both Hall and Banks counties about the issues with chickens running loose in people’s yards and found out that the city can’t have a lot of control. “It is a state issue,” Poole said he found out from talking with the other folks.

•Segars asked the council to consider the purchase of a nice flagpole for the city. The council agreed to seek information on this.

•Poole reported that he had received a price on some playground equipment for the younger age group to be installed at the city park. Poole said the figure he was quoted from the same company that the city purchased the last equipment from was $15,000.

•the council approved the Banks County E911 Intergovernmental agreement.

•Turpin advised the council that his health was well enough for him to install a temporary handicap ramp at the downtown buildings.
The Gillsville City Council holds its monthly meetings at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the city park building, County Line Road. The next meeting will be on April 3.

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